THE LIGHTWAVE BLOG
A place to review and voice opinion and
insight on the development of environments
28 November, 2011
Hotel & Resort Design – creating the brand that creates the experience
“A true brand is an emotional experience, one that is specific to a product or a service or an environment. The experience extends beyond tangible objects to include thoughts, feelings, and sensory reactions to the designed object, space, or activity.” Christine Astorino, CEO & founder of Fathom So how is this applied to hotel and [...]
27 November, 2011
Modular High Rise Construction
Custom prefabrication is the answer. Now what is the question? For a while now consumers have searched for products that reflect their individuality. This has influenced markets and led to a social environment where a consumer’s choice says something about the consumer. So, is the question “How do I best make use of an architect [...]
14 November, 2011
An IES lighting award for Mermaid Beach House
Congratulations to Tony Dowthwaite Lighting Design (TDLD) for their recent win at the 2011 Queensland Lighting Design Awards for the Anderson Residence. TDLD are well known for their highly refined lighting solutions and the images illustrate the contribution that lighting provides to not only the architectural product, but the quality of life. Tony Dowthwaite provides [...]
24 October, 2011
What constitutes an educational environment?
The first encounter with any educational environment can be extremely intimidating. Whether young or old, the magnitude of the environment, its finishes, scale and configuration can heighten the physiological reaction to being ‘out of your comfort zone’. Despite an intimidating nature, these types of environments seem to be traditionally synonymous with the design of educational architecture. Whether a [...]
18 October, 2011
A modular building comes to kingscliff
The streets of Kingscliff were brought to life last week when a modular building for Tweed Valley Respite Services was installed on their site in Cudgen Road, Kingscliff. The commercial building was a modification of one of our standard residential buildings the “Sanctum”. Fulton Trotter Architects chose to capitalise on the advantages of the efficiencies [...]
30 August, 2011
A modular solution for a remote location
This recently completed modular home in a remote location in the Northern NSW hinterland provided an affordable architecturally designed home to a couple who in traditional circumstances may not have thought to engage an architect or be able to afford the construction costs of an architectural home. The modular building process to build this home [...]
22 August, 2011
The design process – what does it really involve?
Often as designers we have to grapple with complex and often interconnected issues in order to derive an outcome to an architectural problem. How we go about it is often a combination of some of the following; briefing, scope of the project, knowledge of both the client’s needs and the function of the building and [...]
15 August, 2011
Education design… the BER wrap up
You would’ve had to have been living under a rock not to have heard something about the Building the Education Revolution (BER) over the past year. As part of the Australian Government’s economic stimulus plan, the program aimed at modernising schools through the delivery of necessary infrastructure, and by doing so, supporting local jobs and [...]
20 July, 2011
Planning modern cities – an alternative approach to urban design
The rapid industrialisation of Eastern Asia over recent decades has seen a substantial movement of people from rural areas into cities. The demand on urban infrastructure has seen the need for accelerated construction of new cities; and the buildings to accommodate both their inhabitants and their commerce. China is the obvious example but the story [...]
28 July, 2010
Green Building – an asset manager sells the benefits.
We were surprised to hear an asset manager, who generally operate purely on returns to investor, describe the future of their business and see Green Buildings as providing additional returns to their investment portfolio.
